National Lottery results LATEST: EuroMillions £14.1m jackpot TONIGHT as Set for Life players urged to check tickets

TONIGHT'S EuroMillions draw could see a lucky Brit win an estimated jackpot of £14.1m – and change their life forever.

Meanwhile, tomorrow's National Lottery jackpot has rolled over to an estimated £20million after no-one claimed the top prize on Wednesday.

A National Lottery winner is yet to claim a potentially life-changing £120,000 prize from the Set for Life draw in August.

Meanwhile, a lucky ticket holder is missing out on £10,000-a-month for a whole year after their five main numbers were drawn on August 19.

A ticket bought in north west Wales is said to hold the key to a potentially life-changing £120,000.

National Lottery winners’ adviser Andy Carter said: “We’re desperate to find this mystery ticket-holder and unite them with their winnings. This amazing prize could really make a massive difference to somebody’s life. We’re urging everyone who bought a ticket in this area to check their old tickets again or look anywhere a missing ticket could be hiding."

Read our National Lottery live blog below for the latest updates…

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    EXPLAINED: WHO ARE ADRIAN AND GILLIAN BAYFORD?

    The biggest ever jackpot to be won is €190million, which has been won by four different people – including two from Great Britain. 

    Adrian and Gillian Bayford scooped the €190m (£148.7m) jackpot on August 10, 2012.

    Adrian, 41 and 40-year-old Gillian from Haverhill in Suffolk became instant multi-millionaires, but their winnings was only the second highest in Britain thanks to the conversion rate.

    Colin and Christine Weir from Scotland bagged the top prize with €185m a year before the Bayford’s, which converted to £161.6m.

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    MISSED OUT?

    Here’s how to try again next time:

    There are no draws on Sundays.

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    WE WON THE LOTTERY THEN GAVE WINNINGS AWAY BY MAKING PALS RICH & FLUSHING CASH DOWN THE LOO AFTER FIVE BOTTLES OF CHAMPAGNE’

    A £115million jackpot is probably enough to not just change your life, but the lives of everyone you’ve ever cared about too.

    Which is probably why Frances and Patrick Connolly decided to give over half of their winnings to 175 people.

    “We won £114,969,775.70 and we have given away more than half,” Frances said last year.

    “That’s £60million-worth of love. And the thing that makes me even happier is that every single person we gave money to has passed some of it on to other people. I can’t think of a day since winning the Lottery that I haven’t smiled.”

    Read more here.

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    WHERE DOES THE MONEY RAISED BY THE NATIONAL LOTTERY GO

    In the year ending 31 March 2021, the funds were shared as follows:

    • Health, education, environment and charitable causes – 40%
    • Sport – 20%
    • Arts – 20%
    • Heritage – 20%

    PIE ROLLER

    They say money can’t buy you love – and it appears it can’t buy you a decent Cornish pasty in Scotland either.

    Lottery jackpot winner Adrian Bayford has quit his home in Scotland — because he missed the iconic pasties and the English pub.

    The ex-postie, 49, had relocated north of the border, having abandoned his £12million English country estate after a string of failed romances.

    But pals say the friendly millionaire — who scooped £148million in 2012 — got fed up with the fancy Scottish pies and neeps and tatties.

    The final straw came when lockdown ended and the dad-of-two realised how much he was missing English pubs — with Scottish drinking focused on bars and hotels.

    Friends said he was so bored without a decent village boozer he took up archery.

    Pals thought his country pile in Cambridgeshire had been sold, when in fact he had taken it off the market and moved back in.

    THE BIGGEST LOTTO WINNERS IN HISTORY

    • £1.308 billion (Powerball) on January 13 2016 in the US, for which three winning tickets were sold, remains history’s biggest lottery prize
    • £1.267 billion (Mega Million) a winner from South Carolina took their time to come forward to claim their prize in March 2019 not long before the April deadline
    • £633.76 million (Powerball draw) from a winner from Wisconsin
    • £625.76 million (Powerball) Mavis L. Wanczyk of Chicopee, Massachusetts claimed the jackpot in August 2017
    • £575.53 million (Powerball) A lucky pair of winners scooped the jackpot in Iowa and New York in October 2018

    LAST YEAR'S FIGURES FROM THE NATIONAL LOTTERY

    From total ticket sales of £8,373.9 million in the year ending 31 March 2021:

    • £1,887.5 million was raised for National Lottery projects
    • £4,854.7 million was paid to players in prizes
    • £1,004.8 million went to the Government in Lottery Duty
    • £275.9 million was earned by retailers in commission

    HOW DOES THE NATIONAL LOTTERY WORK

    The National Lottery raises money to go to many ‘good causes’ and have helped give out numerous grants to those that need it most.

    On their website they state: “We retain around just 1% of revenue in profit, while around 95% of total revenue goes back to winners and society. More so, we run one of the most cost-efficient major lotteries in Europe, with around 4% of total revenue spent on operating costs.

    “To date, National Lottery players have helped to raise over £43 billion for Good Causes, with more than 635,000 individual awards made across the UK – the equivalent of more than 225 lottery grants in every UK postcode district.”

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